Fate, I respect a lot. I never regret anything.

Before you know it it's 3 am and you're 80 years old and you can't remember what it was like to have 20 year old thoughts or a 10 year old heart.

I grow vegetables - I'm a vegetarian; I've got strawberries, artichokes, leeks, broad beans.

We tried to make a heaven of earth, But the earth is just a stage, a school, Where we wear our masks and play our rolesAnd teach each other how to love.

A man should remove not only unnecessary acts but also unnecessary thoughts for then superfluous activity will not follow.

You will remember me for what I truly am: A God!

My own approach to literary problems is very like the one Dr. Johnson's blind housekeeper used when she poured tea-she put her finger inside the cup.

A lot of people were saying that I was a selfish person and a selfish player. You know, it got to me.

I must tell you that the supply of words on the world market is plentiful, but the demand is falling.

The way prices are rising, the good old days are last week.

The young people working for me are ambitious and hard-working. That work ethic has always been a trait of the British.

Ideals and morality are often spoken of as virtual antimatter to the behaviors allegedly needed to maximize profits.

Any time you get a chance to play a great role, I consider all the qualities I may or may not have attributed to that character and how I would fit into the story.